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    Outbrain

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AOutbrain, headquartered in New York with offices globally, is an internationally known native advertising platform for curating and publishing content across a variety of channels and media spaces, containing editorial controls, analytics for judging impact, and related features.N/A

    WideOrbit

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AWideOrbit offers sell-side ad management solutions for media companies, including programmatic capabilities for TV, radio and the web.N/A
    Pricing
    OutbrainWideOrbit
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OutbrainWideOrbit
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    OutbrainWideOrbit
    Considered Both Products
    Outbrain
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    WideOrbit
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    OutbrainWideOrbit
    Ad Network Integration
    Comparison of Ad Network Integration features of Outbrain and WideOrbit
    Feature
    Outbrain
    -
    Ratings
    WideOrbit
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Data Transfer00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    DSP integration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Ad Campaigns
    Comparison of Ad Campaigns features of Outbrain and WideOrbit
    Feature
    Outbrain
    -
    Ratings
    WideOrbit
    7.8
    2 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Ad deployment00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Display advertising00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad display and retargeting segmentation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Sequence targeting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Ad Reporting & Analytics features of Outbrain and WideOrbit
    Feature
    Outbrain
    -
    Ratings
    WideOrbit
    7.8
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Ad dashboards00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ad performance reports00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Ad conversion tracking00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Ad attribution reporting00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Cross-channel ad management00 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Ad forecasting and optimization00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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    OutbrainWideOrbit
    Small Businesses
    Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products
    Score5.5 out of 10
    AdRoll
    Score3.7 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Amazon Advertising Sponsored Products
    Score5.5 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AdSense
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Criteo Commerce Growth
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OutbrainWideOrbit
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.5
    (17 ratings)
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    OutbrainWideOrbit
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Outbrain
    If your client or organization is running a high volume awareness campaign, Outbrain would be a platform to diversify your mix with. Pretty low maintenance and easy to set up, you can get ads running in a few minutes. If your primary goal is conversions, there are probably better channels you can use where the targeting is a little more transparent and would likely see a higher avg conversion rate.
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    WideOrbit
    I think for the purpose of our business, WideOrbit is one of the better systems I have worked on. No system is every perfect, but WideOrbit seems to be a lot better than the system we've worked on in the past. The fact that it is able to integrate other third-party systems into it is also very helpful. We have recently moved to a new avail system for our sales executives, and the fact that they can easily transfer avails and schedules into the order system in WideOrbit is very helpful.
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    Pros
    Outbrain
    • Website network: Outbrain provides high-quality websites in its network so that you can get a quality audience.
    • Affordable pricing: The CPC offered by Outbrain is relatively cheaper than other alternatives.
    • Content dashboard: The dashboard allows you to edit the content before publishing it on Outbrain's platform.
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    WideOrbit
    • Wide Orbit offers a wide variety of reports, as a user- you are able to maximize these to your advantage and include as much or as little information as necessary for internal use or for your clients.
    • It's fantastic to be able to reference all of our orders in one place and track completion process from order entry to approvals and actual air time/run dates
    • Very user friendly and efficient to use.
    • The Revenue Reports are especially wonderful, and can be sorted according to whatever perimeters you desire.
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    Cons
    Outbrain
    • Customer Service - Speaking to a human is nearly impossible, there is no "chat" function, and no phone number immediately available. Ultimately, I've had to email a generic CS contact and wait several days before heading back.
    • High Number of Guidelines - The number of guidelines one must meet before using Outbrain is much higher than any other ad platform I've used. Most of them are highly specific and not necessarily items that a website would have out-of-the-box.
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    WideOrbit
    • Would love to see the inventory codes in the drop-down menu stick like breaks and weeks..and not have to re-select each time for a report
    • would like to have better functionality when exporting to XL or to PDF. Formatting could use improvement with output
    • offer a monthly calendar of training opportunities like Nielsen offers
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    Usability
    Outbrain
    The use case is very obvious, brand awareness and low cost conversions because of its reach in billions. The platform is easy to use, well sorted and defined with good click optimized algorithms and brands can use it without hesitation. If monitored well and optimized accordingly, this can prove to be one of the best advertising channels.
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    WideOrbit
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Outbrain
    We had an account manager assigned to us, but they really didn't offer too much help outside of the financial side of things. We used the self-serve platform with mild suggestions every few weeks from our reps amounting to "spend a bit more here."
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    WideOrbit
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Outbrain
    Here at AdRizer my personal ad sources primarily revolve around Google Ads & Outbrain. Taboola is extremely similar to Outbrain minus the fact that strategies are dictated on the account level unlike by campaign with Outbrain
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    WideOrbit
    I would say that WideOrbit is much better than Pilat in terms of its ease of use. One major factor was that WideOrbits customer support is stateside and easily reachable if help is needed. Pilat was located in Europe I believe and getting assistance was very hard. As far as just the overall day to day usage, WideOrbit is leaps and bounds better in the area of functionality
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    Return on Investment
    Outbrain
    • None. My perspective is that further testing is needed as well as additional tracking capabilities applied to be able to assess value. However, it's a CPC model and relatively inexpensive in regards to additional reach, especially if it's packaged in with an Earned media push into the marketplace.
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    WideOrbit
    • The system doesn't seem to work well with any of our digital platforms. For example, we can input an order and track an approval process through our finance system and see the invoice, but actual execution of any digital assets are NOT done through Wide Orbit
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